Bottle-stopper.



W. H. RANAGAN.

BOTTLE STOPPER. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 11. 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Apr. f3, 1915.

Application filed February 11, 1914:. Serial No. 817,972.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. RAN- AGAN, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Vineland, in the countyof Cumberland and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers, of which the following is adescription.

My invention relates to stoppers for glass jars and the like, of allsizes and of whatsoever material they may be made, and especially thoseused in connection with glass bottles or jars intended to contain fluidslikely to afiect or corrode stoppers of vegetable materials such as corkor rubber, and which are best contained in receptacles closed with glassstoppers.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide a glass disk stopperwithout gaskets or packing of any kind, which shall be water andair-tight; 2nd, to provide simple means for locking and unlocking thesame upon the top of the jar or bottle; 3rd, to reduce the cost of thedevice.

Other objects will appear from the hereinafter description.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a glass jar havingmy improved fastening device applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of the glass disk stopper; and Fig. 3 is a perspective View of themetal mounting of the glass stopper.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

A indicates a jar of any suitable shape or dimensions, having a collarat its mouth; C a glass cover therefor, both the top of the jar and theadjacent side of the glass cover being ground upon a glass cuttersflattening stone, or otherwise, an operation which may be conducted witha large number of disks or a large number of bottles in a holder orframe at one and the same time, and at slight cost.

18 is a spring hail, the hooked ends of which fit under the collar C ofthe bottle, pass through guides f on the edge of the metallic mounting Fof the disk, and through a pair of bearings E riveted to the mounting,and through the bell crank E, making a fulcrum therefor.

11) is the disk portion of the metallic mounting of the cover G, havingturneddown clips G at the edges thereof which engage a crease (Z in theedge of the cover C, thereby firmly clamping the metallic mounting D tothe cover C.

His a turned-down stop on one side of the metal disk D which bearsagainst the collar C, and thereby serves to adjust the cover 0symmetrically to the mouth of the jar A. and to bring the bail B into adiametrical position over the mouth of the jar A; and the cover C anddisk D may be readily removed by sliding them off, and may again beadjusted to the mouth of the jar A by sliding them on, until the stop Hbrings up against the collar C. In this last position, when the lever Iof the bell crank E is turned down so as to bring the eccentric e tobear against the metallic disk D, the pres sure of the eccentric e andthe bail B holds the glass cover C and its ground'surface against theground surface of the mouth of the jar A, and firmly closes it air-tightand water-tight.

My preferred form of jar has a plain collar C at its mouth, and in otherrespects may be of any form, size, shape or dimensions, and my improvedstopper is preferably a glass disk ground on one side, clamped by theabove described metallic fastening parts, and locked and unlocked bythem, the whole adjustable to such a ar or to a bottle, and effectuallycloses the same by bringing ground glass against ground glass, and glassalone in contact with the contents of the bottle.

The manufacturing of my stopper is automatic machine work, some of theparts being preferably stamped out of sheet metal, the disk mountingwith its clip and stop and bearing for the spring bail being stamped andshaped in one piece and the bell crank E in another. The bail is shapedfrom wire in well-known ways which are obvious without furtherdescription.

Changes may be made in the shape and in the material of my bottlestopper without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Thus I realize all the foregoing objects with'a stopper of suchattachments and construction as will permit the stopper and itsattachments to be applied to other jars or bottles of the same designwithout any changes or new adaptations; and it will be seen that thismay be done by the ordinary user, without any reconstructions at thefactory. Thus, when a bottle is broken, its

stopper may be applied instantly to another bottle Without any change oradjustments whatsoever.

Having described my invention, what I claimas new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is- 1. In combinati'onwith lar at its mouth, a overthe mouth of the jar, a metallic disk having clips clamping" the glasscover, a spring bail, the 'endslof which hook under the collar, bearingstherefor on the metallic cover, and a bell crank and eccentric :uponsaid spring bail.

2. In combination with a jar having a collar-at its mouth, a coveradjustable over the mouth of the jaryadisk having clips clamping'thecover, a bail the ends of which hook over the collar, bearings thereforon the disk, and an eccentric upon the bail adapted to tighten andloosen the cover against the mouth of the jar.

3. In combination holding means,

a jar having a (:61-

with a jar having: baila fiat-disk vitreous cover adjustable over themouth of the jar, and having bearings for the bail, a bail the ends ofwhich hook the jar, and on'the bail an ec- G'opies of this-patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the glass cover' adjustablecentric bearing against the cover and having a handle.

4. In combination with a jar having bailholding means, a ground glassfiat-disk cover adjustable over the ground glass mouth of the jar andhaving bearings for the bail, a bail the ends of which hook the jar, and

on the bail an eccentric bearing against the 1 have hereunto set city,county and State of this 7th day of January, 1914.

WILLIAM H. RANAGAN.

In presence of JOHN J. RANAGAN, FRANK EUFEMIA.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

